uncool URIs (posted on December 19, 2008, 10:32 pm, by Ed Summers, under Uncategorized, lcsh, semweb)
On December 18th I was asked to shut off lcsh.info by the Library of Congress. As an LC employee I really did not have much choice other than to comply.
The lcsh.info domain was registered by me in order to demonstrate how the Library of Congress Subject Headings could be represented as a Semantic Web application using SKOS . In particular I was eager to get feedback on how the data was being published with respect to Linked Data best practices. I got lots of great feedback, wrote a paper which I presented at DC2008, and learned that other institutions like the W3C and the Royal Library of Sweden were beginning to use URIs for concepts from lcsh.info in their metadata .........
see more >> http://lcsh.info/
==================
Ya'aqov Ziso, eResources Librarian, Rowan University

Indeed Solr is running. But you definitely don't want your Solr
installation to be accessible for everyone, as it is at the moment. Solr
doesn't care who is sending what commands by HTTP. So running your
installation open to everyone (as it is now) allows everyone to modify
or delete your index or change some Solr settings.
Please use a firewall (or other appropriate measures) to restrict net
access to the TCP port Solr is running on to authorized clients
(localhost is enough, if the VuFind frontend is installed on the same
machine and you index data using solrmarc (the default way) and no other
clients need to access your index).
See http://www.vufind.org/wiki/security and some more general hints on
http://wiki.apache.org/solr/SolrSecurity
Regards and happy holidays,
Till
Edward David schrieb:
> Here is the URL for solr http://136.159.240.185:8090/solr/
> and it is working or at least looks like it is running.
> Edward
>
> Greg Pendlebury wrote:
>> The 'vufind' start script does indeed start solr, in fact it's really the jetty start script with some modifications, so that is all it's doing.
>>
>> If solr is running it should be living on the same box bound to port 8080 by default.
>>
>> So if your vufind install was:
>> http://136.159.240.185/vufind/ (I can hit this from the web)
>> solr should be living here:
>> http://136.159.240.185:8080/solr/ (404 tomcat error)
>>
>> If tomcat is also on the box and already bound to port 8080 then I imagine jetty would have failed to start when it tried to bind there.
>>
>> For a default install of solr somewhere like:
>> /vufind/solr/jetty/logs/
>> should have jetty's error logs, although stdout from the script execution may well have additional info.
>>
>> Sounds like you need to either shutdown tomcat or bind jetty to a different port (then modify the various config files in vufind), but I'm just guessing at this stage.
>>
>> Ta,
>> Greg
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Edward David [mailto:edavid@...]
>> Sent: Sat 20/12/2008 06:55
>> To: Greg Pendlebury
>> Cc: Bill Dueber; vufind-general@...
>> Subject: Re: [VuFind-General] Installation question - Ubuntu
>>
>> Greg,
>> I was under the impression that when you start vufind.sh start that it
>> starts up solr as well.
>> At least it does for version 0.8.2.
>> I am not seeing anything is any error log. where is solr's error log file
>> This is version 0.8.2 that is working fine.
>> I installed them both the same except for the http-vufind.conf file.
>> I started them both the same vufind.sh start 0.8.2 works fine but 0RC1
>> does not and have seen nothing to tell me why.
>> How do I verify that solr is even running and how do I get it to run
>> assuming there are no errors in the log file.
>> Edward
>>
>> Greg Pendlebury wrote:
>>
>>> Is solr running? and you can see items in it's index?
>>>
>>> Error seems to show a null return from solr... or at least it's not being put on screen. You could check solr's error log too. Maybe there's a schema change or something if you are looking at your exiting (0.8) index.
>>>
>>> Ta,
>>> Greg
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Edward David [mailto:edavid@...]
>>> Sent: Sat 20/12/2008 04:56
>>> To: Bill Dueber
>>> Cc: vufind-general@...
>>> Subject: Re: [VuFind-General] Installation question - Ubuntu
>>>
>>> Bill,
>>> I checked web/interface/compile and it is writable.
>>> I copied the httpd-vufind.conf file to apache2 and it seems to be working.
>>> Edward
>>>
>>> Bill Dueber wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> The first thing I would do is check and see if your rewrite rules are
>>>> working.
>>>>
>>>> One of the things that changed from 0.8 to 1.0 is that there's not
>>>> longer a .htaccess file -- the preferred way to do things is to put
>>>> your rewrite rules in the httpd.conf file.
>>>>
>>>> You can certainly still use a .htaccess file -- just pull the rewrite
>>>> rules httpd-vufind.conf
>>>>
>>>> The next thing to check is to make sure web/interface/compile is
>>>> writable by the web server; otherwise you'll get Smarty errors.
>>>>
>>>> -Bill-
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 1:03 PM, Edward David <edavid@...
>>>> <mailto:edavid@...>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I have vufind 0.8.2 working fine on a Ubuntu server 8.10
>>>> We wanted to see about vufind 1.0RC1.
>>>> So I set-up another Ubuntu 8.10 server.
>>>> I have vufind install. PHP works fine and I have verified that it
>>>> is working
>>>> Here is the URL for RC1 of vufind http://136.159.240.185/vufind/
>>>> I am getting unable to process query.
>>>> I cannot find any errors in any of the log files.
>>>> So how do I find out what is the problem better yet how do I fix
>>>> this issue.
>>>> Not much info because I can not find any messages to tell me the
>>>> problem.
>>>> I was able to import a number of records with import.sh.
>>>> Apache2 and mysql are both running.
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions would be most helpful.
>>>> Edward
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> VuFind-General mailing list
>>>> VuFind-General@...
>>>> <mailto:VuFind-General@...>
>>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vufind-general
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Bill Dueber
>>>> Library Systems Programmer
>>>> University of Michigan Library
>>>>
>>>>
>>> This email (including any attached files) is confidential and is for the
>>> intended recipient(s) only. If you received this email by mistake,
>>> please, as a courtesy, tell the sender, then delete this email.
>>>
>>> The views and opinions are the originator's and do not necessarily
>>> reflect those of the University of Southern Queensland. Although all
>>> reasonable precautions were taken to ensure that this email contained no
>>> viruses at the time it was sent we accept no liability for any losses
>>> arising from its receipt.
>>>
>>> The University of Southern Queensland is a registered provider of
>>> education with the Australian Government (CRICOS Institution Code No's.
>>> QLD 00244B / NSW 02225M)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> This email (including any attached files) is confidential and is for the
>> intended recipient(s) only. If you received this email by mistake,
>> please, as a courtesy, tell the sender, then delete this email.
>>
>> The views and opinions are the originator's and do not necessarily
>> reflect those of the University of Southern Queensland. Although all
>> reasonable precautions were taken to ensure that this email contained no
>> viruses at the time it was sent we accept no liability for any losses
>> arising from its receipt.
>>
>> The University of Southern Queensland is a registered provider of
>> education with the Australian Government (CRICOS Institution Code No's.
>> QLD 00244B / NSW 02225M)
>>
>>
>>
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Are you running a unix machine? You can see what's listening by
netstat -a | grep LIST
*.8080 *.* 0 0 20480 0
LISTEN
In windows, you can also do netstat -a (I don't recall how to "grep"
in windows).
Also, have you set JAVA_HOME properly? I noticed that the vufind.sh
script does not work (for me, anyway) if it's not set:
http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-43
But in this case, the script hangs.
Chris
On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 07:25:52AM +1000, Greg Pendlebury wrote:
> The 'vufind' start script does indeed start solr, in fact it's really the jetty start script with some modifications, so that is all it's doing.
>
> If solr is running it should be living on the same box bound to port 8080 by default.
>
> So if your vufind install was:
> http://136.159.240.185/vufind/ (I can hit this from the web)
> solr should be living here:
> http://136.159.240.185:8080/solr/ (404 tomcat error)
>
> If tomcat is also on the box and already bound to port 8080 then I imagine jetty would have failed to start when it tried to bind there.
>
> For a default install of solr somewhere like:
> /vufind/solr/jetty/logs/
> should have jetty's error logs, although stdout from the script execution may well have additional info.
>
> Sounds like you need to either shutdown tomcat or bind jetty to a different port (then modify the various config files in vufind), but I'm just guessing at this stage.
>
> Ta,
> Greg
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Edward David [mailto:edavid@...]
> Sent: Sat 20/12/2008 06:55
> To: Greg Pendlebury
> Cc: Bill Dueber; vufind-general@...
> Subject: Re: [VuFind-General] Installation question - Ubuntu
>
> Greg,
> I was under the impression that when you start vufind.sh start that it
> starts up solr as well.
> At least it does for version 0.8.2.
> I am not seeing anything is any error log. where is solr's error log file
> This is version 0.8.2 that is working fine.
> I installed them both the same except for the http-vufind.conf file.
> I started them both the same vufind.sh start 0.8.2 works fine but 0RC1
> does not and have seen nothing to tell me why.
> How do I verify that solr is even running and how do I get it to run
> assuming there are no errors in the log file.
> Edward
>
> Greg Pendlebury wrote:
> > Is solr running? and you can see items in it's index?
> >
> > Error seems to show a null return from solr... or at least it's not being put on screen. You could check solr's error log too. Maybe there's a schema change or something if you are looking at your exiting (0.8) index.
> >
> > Ta,
> > Greg
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Edward David [mailto:edavid@...]
> > Sent: Sat 20/12/2008 04:56
> > To: Bill Dueber
> > Cc: vufind-general@...
> > Subject: Re: [VuFind-General] Installation question - Ubuntu
> >
> > Bill,
> > I checked web/interface/compile and it is writable.
> > I copied the httpd-vufind.conf file to apache2 and it seems to be working.
> > Edward
> >
> > Bill Dueber wrote:
> >
> >> The first thing I would do is check and see if your rewrite rules are
> >> working.
> >>
> >> One of the things that changed from 0.8 to 1.0 is that there's not
> >> longer a .htaccess file -- the preferred way to do things is to put
> >> your rewrite rules in the httpd.conf file.
> >>
> >> You can certainly still use a .htaccess file -- just pull the rewrite
> >> rules httpd-vufind.conf
> >>
> >> The next thing to check is to make sure web/interface/compile is
> >> writable by the web server; otherwise you'll get Smarty errors.
> >>
> >> -Bill-
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 1:03 PM, Edward David <edavid@...
> >> <mailto:edavid@...>> wrote:
> >>
> >> I have vufind 0.8.2 working fine on a Ubuntu server 8.10
> >> We wanted to see about vufind 1.0RC1.
> >> So I set-up another Ubuntu 8.10 server.
> >> I have vufind install. PHP works fine and I have verified that it
> >> is working
> >> Here is the URL for RC1 of vufind http://136.159.240.185/vufind/
> >> I am getting unable to process query.
> >> I cannot find any errors in any of the log files.
> >> So how do I find out what is the problem better yet how do I fix
> >> this issue.
> >> Not much info because I can not find any messages to tell me the
> >> problem.
> >> I was able to import a number of records with import.sh.
> >> Apache2 and mysql are both running.
> >>
> >> Any suggestions would be most helpful.
> >> Edward
> >>
> >>
> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> VuFind-General mailing list
> >> VuFind-General@...
> >> <mailto:VuFind-General@...>
> >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vufind-general
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Bill Dueber
> >> Library Systems Programmer
> >> University of Michigan Library
> >>
> >
> >
> > This email (including any attached files) is confidential and is for the
> > intended recipient(s) only. If you received this email by mistake,
> > please, as a courtesy, tell the sender, then delete this email.
> >
> > The views and opinions are the originator's and do not necessarily
> > reflect those of the University of Southern Queensland. Although all
> > reasonable precautions were taken to ensure that this email contained no
> > viruses at the time it was sent we accept no liability for any losses
> > arising from its receipt.
> >
> > The University of Southern Queensland is a registered provider of
> > education with the Australian Government (CRICOS Institution Code No's.
> > QLD 00244B / NSW 02225M)
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> This email (including any attached files) is confidential and is for the
> intended recipient(s) only. If you received this email by mistake,
> please, as a courtesy, tell the sender, then delete this email.
>
> The views and opinions are the originator's and do not necessarily
> reflect those of the University of Southern Queensland. Although all
> reasonable precautions were taken to ensure that this email contained no
> viruses at the time it was sent we accept no liability for any losses
> arising from its receipt.
>
> The University of Southern Queensland is a registered provider of
> education with the Australian Government (CRICOS Institution Code No's.
> QLD 00244B / NSW 02225M)
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> _______________________________________________
> VuFind-General mailing list
> VuFind-General@...
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vufind-general

The 'vufind' start script does indeed start solr, in fact it's really the jetty start script with some modifications, so that is all it's doing.
If solr is running it should be living on the same box bound to port 8080 by default.
So if your vufind install was:
http://136.159.240.185/vufind/ (I can hit this from the web)
solr should be living here:
http://136.159.240.185:8080/solr/ (404 tomcat error)
If tomcat is also on the box and already bound to port 8080 then I imagine jetty would have failed to start when it tried to bind there.
For a default install of solr somewhere like:
/vufind/solr/jetty/logs/
should have jetty's error logs, although stdout from the script execution may well have additional info.
Sounds like you need to either shutdown tomcat or bind jetty to a different port (then modify the various config files in vufind), but I'm just guessing at this stage.
Ta,
Greg
-----Original Message-----
From: Edward David [mailto:edavid@...]
Sent: Sat 20/12/2008 06:55
To: Greg Pendlebury
Cc: Bill Dueber; vufind-general@...
Subject: Re: [VuFind-General] Installation question - Ubuntu
Greg,
I was under the impression that when you start vufind.sh start that it
starts up solr as well.
At least it does for version 0.8.2.
I am not seeing anything is any error log. where is solr's error log file
This is version 0.8.2 that is working fine.
I installed them both the same except for the http-vufind.conf file.
I started them both the same vufind.sh start 0.8.2 works fine but 0RC1
does not and have seen nothing to tell me why.
How do I verify that solr is even running and how do I get it to run
assuming there are no errors in the log file.
Edward
Greg Pendlebury wrote:
> Is solr running? and you can see items in it's index?
>
> Error seems to show a null return from solr... or at least it's not being put on screen. You could check solr's error log too. Maybe there's a schema change or something if you are looking at your exiting (0.8) index.
>
> Ta,
> Greg
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Edward David [mailto:edavid@...]
> Sent: Sat 20/12/2008 04:56
> To: Bill Dueber
> Cc: vufind-general@...
> Subject: Re: [VuFind-General] Installation question - Ubuntu
>
> Bill,
> I checked web/interface/compile and it is writable.
> I copied the httpd-vufind.conf file to apache2 and it seems to be working.
> Edward
>
> Bill Dueber wrote:
>
>> The first thing I would do is check and see if your rewrite rules are
>> working.
>>
>> One of the things that changed from 0.8 to 1.0 is that there's not
>> longer a .htaccess file -- the preferred way to do things is to put
>> your rewrite rules in the httpd.conf file.
>>
>> You can certainly still use a .htaccess file -- just pull the rewrite
>> rules httpd-vufind.conf
>>
>> The next thing to check is to make sure web/interface/compile is
>> writable by the web server; otherwise you'll get Smarty errors.
>>
>> -Bill-
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 1:03 PM, Edward David <edavid@...
>> <mailto:edavid@...>> wrote:
>>
>> I have vufind 0.8.2 working fine on a Ubuntu server 8.10
>> We wanted to see about vufind 1.0RC1.
>> So I set-up another Ubuntu 8.10 server.
>> I have vufind install. PHP works fine and I have verified that it
>> is working
>> Here is the URL for RC1 of vufind http://136.159.240.185/vufind/
>> I am getting unable to process query.
>> I cannot find any errors in any of the log files.
>> So how do I find out what is the problem better yet how do I fix
>> this issue.
>> Not much info because I can not find any messages to tell me the
>> problem.
>> I was able to import a number of records with import.sh.
>> Apache2 and mysql are both running.
>>
>> Any suggestions would be most helpful.
>> Edward
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> VuFind-General mailing list
>> VuFind-General@...
>> <mailto:VuFind-General@...>
>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vufind-general
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Bill Dueber
>> Library Systems Programmer
>> University of Michigan Library
>>
>
>
> This email (including any attached files) is confidential and is for the
> intended recipient(s) only. If you received this email by mistake,
> please, as a courtesy, tell the sender, then delete this email.
>
> The views and opinions are the originator's and do not necessarily
> reflect those of the University of Southern Queensland. Although all
> reasonable precautions were taken to ensure that this email contained no
> viruses at the time it was sent we accept no liability for any losses
> arising from its receipt.
>
> The University of Southern Queensland is a registered provider of
> education with the Australian Government (CRICOS Institution Code No's.
> QLD 00244B / NSW 02225M)
>
>
>
This email (including any attached files) is confidential and is for the
intended recipient(s) only. If you received this email by mistake,
please, as a courtesy, tell the sender, then delete this email.
The views and opinions are the originator's and do not necessarily
reflect those of the University of Southern Queensland. Although all
reasonable precautions were taken to ensure that this email contained no
viruses at the time it was sent we accept no liability for any losses
arising from its receipt.
The University of Southern Queensland is a registered provider of
education with the Australian Government (CRICOS Institution Code No's.
QLD 00244B / NSW 02225M)

Is solr running? and you can see items in it's index?
Error seems to show a null return from solr... or at least it's not being put on screen. You could check solr's error log too. Maybe there's a schema change or something if you are looking at your exiting (0.8) index.
Ta,
Greg
-----Original Message-----
From: Edward David [mailto:edavid@...]
Sent: Sat 20/12/2008 04:56
To: Bill Dueber
Cc: vufind-general@...
Subject: Re: [VuFind-General] Installation question - Ubuntu
Bill,
I checked web/interface/compile and it is writable.
I copied the httpd-vufind.conf file to apache2 and it seems to be working.
Edward
Bill Dueber wrote:
> The first thing I would do is check and see if your rewrite rules are
> working.
>
> One of the things that changed from 0.8 to 1.0 is that there's not
> longer a .htaccess file -- the preferred way to do things is to put
> your rewrite rules in the httpd.conf file.
>
> You can certainly still use a .htaccess file -- just pull the rewrite
> rules httpd-vufind.conf
>
> The next thing to check is to make sure web/interface/compile is
> writable by the web server; otherwise you'll get Smarty errors.
>
> -Bill-
>
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 1:03 PM, Edward David <edavid@...
> <mailto:edavid@...>> wrote:
>
> I have vufind 0.8.2 working fine on a Ubuntu server 8.10
> We wanted to see about vufind 1.0RC1.
> So I set-up another Ubuntu 8.10 server.
> I have vufind install. PHP works fine and I have verified that it
> is working
> Here is the URL for RC1 of vufind http://136.159.240.185/vufind/
> I am getting unable to process query.
> I cannot find any errors in any of the log files.
> So how do I find out what is the problem better yet how do I fix
> this issue.
> Not much info because I can not find any messages to tell me the
> problem.
> I was able to import a number of records with import.sh.
> Apache2 and mysql are both running.
>
> Any suggestions would be most helpful.
> Edward
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> _______________________________________________
> VuFind-General mailing list
> VuFind-General@...
> <mailto:VuFind-General@...>
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vufind-general
>
>
>
>
> --
> Bill Dueber
> Library Systems Programmer
> University of Michigan Library
This email (including any attached files) is confidential and is for the
intended recipient(s) only. If you received this email by mistake,
please, as a courtesy, tell the sender, then delete this email.
The views and opinions are the originator's and do not necessarily
reflect those of the University of Southern Queensland. Although all
reasonable precautions were taken to ensure that this email contained no
viruses at the time it was sent we accept no liability for any losses
arising from its receipt.
The University of Southern Queensland is a registered provider of
education with the Australian Government (CRICOS Institution Code No's.
QLD 00244B / NSW 02225M)

The first thing I would do is check and see if your rewrite rules are
working.
One of the things that changed from 0.8 to 1.0 is that there's not longer a
.htaccess file -- the preferred way to do things is to put your rewrite
rules in the httpd.conf file.
You can certainly still use a .htaccess file -- just pull the rewrite rules
httpd-vufind.conf
The next thing to check is to make sure web/interface/compile is writable by
the web server; otherwise you'll get Smarty errors.
-Bill-
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 1:03 PM, Edward David <edavid@...> wrote:
> I have vufind 0.8.2 working fine on a Ubuntu server 8.10
> We wanted to see about vufind 1.0RC1.
> So I set-up another Ubuntu 8.10 server.
> I have vufind install. PHP works fine and I have verified that it is
> working
> Here is the URL for RC1 of vufind http://136.159.240.185/vufind/
> I am getting unable to process query.
> I cannot find any errors in any of the log files.
> So how do I find out what is the problem better yet how do I fix this
> issue.
> Not much info because I can not find any messages to tell me the problem.
> I was able to import a number of records with import.sh.
> Apache2 and mysql are both running.
>
> Any suggestions would be most helpful.
> Edward
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> _______________________________________________
> VuFind-General mailing list
> VuFind-General@...
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vufind-general
>
>
--
Bill Dueber
Library Systems Programmer
University of Michigan Library

I have vufind 0.8.2 working fine on a Ubuntu server 8.10
We wanted to see about vufind 1.0RC1.
So I set-up another Ubuntu 8.10 server.
I have vufind install. PHP works fine and I have verified that it is working
Here is the URL for RC1 of vufind http://136.159.240.185/vufind/
I am getting unable to process query.
I cannot find any errors in any of the log files.
So how do I find out what is the problem better yet how do I fix this issue.
Not much info because I can not find any messages to tell me the problem.
I was able to import a number of records with import.sh.
Apache2 and mysql are both running.
Any suggestions would be most helpful.
Edward

Phil,
I have done some work with the RefWorks exports and would be more than
happy to share what we have done with you and the (tech list?) as a
whole. Our implementation of RefWorks exports is not perfect (I've heard
there can be an issue with diacritics), but it's pretty simple and dirty.
( see any record at http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ )
Let me know if your interested.
-Jessie Keck
Stanford University
Philip Shafer wrote:
> It seems as if some of the vufind functionality is not working in RC1.
> Please advise the best solution to handling some of these issues:
>
> 1.) Submitting favorites doesn’t seem to be completely implemented. I
> had to manually update the code in order to get this to work. Also,
> when tagging items when submitting a ‘favorite’ it doesn’t like keep
> multiple tags, it will only take the first tag and add it to the database.
>
> When viewing ‘My Favorites’ I cannot use multiple filters from my tags.
>
> 2.) Export to RefWorks does not work. Does any one have any solutions?
>
> 3.) How will the update process work? We are looking at running a live
> beta of RC1, when RC2 or the Production version is release I don’t
> want to loose any of the user data stored in the database. Are the
> table stuctures changing between any of the RC releases? If so, will
> these be a way to install the new versions with out loosing any of the
> user data?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Phil
> ------------------------------
>
> Philip Shafer
> Library System Services
> Rowan University Library
> 201 Mullica Hill Rd
> Glassboro, NJ 08028
> 856-256-4418
> 856-256-4924 Fax
>
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Ya'aqov,
I would also note that I personally feel that a "Journal Title" search
(like the one we made at Villanova) actually undermines the design of a
system like VuFind. (For political reasons, i.e. the librarians were
accustom to the option, we had to put it in...)
Another problem we noticed after launching that journal title search,
which I am temporarily removing, is that our import script mapped
eJournals to a format of "Electronic" rather than "Journal" in the SOLR
index. So, the Journal title search is currently missing a lot of our
content until we have time to reindex our site during the winter break.
Best,
Chris
Andrew Nagy wrote:
> Ya'aqov - The Villanova "journal title" search was created from demand
> from our staff who was used to using the Journal Title search. Old
> habits die hard :) All we did was create a canned advanced search
> that automatically includes a facet for "Journal".
>
> No code was changed - just a bit of javascript. Feel free to steal it.
>
> Andrew
>
> On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 12:32 PM, Ya'aqov Ziso <ziso@...
> <mailto:ziso@...>> wrote:
>
> We are a Voyager site, with the Journal title left anchored index
> in the classic WebOPAC. As we migrate to VUfind, keenly interested
> in retaining the journal title index, I see at:
> NLA >> title/journal_newspaper
> Villanova >> Journal title
> I assume both were created by crossing the title index with
> (Leader/07 is "s" OR 006/00 is "s") AND (008/21 is "p"+
> Leader/06 is "a") AND (Leader/07 is "s" and 008/21 is n). I
> have a couple of questions:
>
> >> since the index relies on accurate MARC data in the Leader and
> 006/008 fixed fields, was there any management needed for updating
> the MARC records before indexing? if yes, which?
> >> was the Villanova index created as a separate index, or is
> similar in essence to the NLA principle (without the newspapers)?
> if not, how was it created?
>
> Thank you kindly,
> Ya'aqov Ziso, eResources-Serials, Rowan University
>
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Ya'aqov - The Villanova "journal title" search was created from demand from
our staff who was used to using the Journal Title search. Old habits die
hard :) All we did was create a canned advanced search that automatically
includes a facet for "Journal".
No code was changed - just a bit of javascript. Feel free to steal it.
Andrew
On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 12:32 PM, Ya'aqov Ziso <ziso@...> wrote:
> We are a Voyager site, with the Journal title left anchored index in the
> classic WebOPAC. As we migrate to VUfind, keenly interested in retaining the
> journal title index, I see at:
> NLA >> title/journal_newspaper
> Villanova >> Journal title
> I assume both were created by crossing the title index with (Leader/07 is
> "s" OR 006/00 is "s") AND (008/21 is "p"+ Leader/06 is "a") AND
> (Leader/07 is "s" and 008/21 is n). I have a couple of questions:
>
> >> since the index relies on accurate MARC data in the Leader and 006/008
> fixed fields, was there any management needed for updating the MARC records
> before indexing? if yes, which?
> >> was the Villanova index created as a separate index, or is similar in
> essence to the NLA principle (without the newspapers)? if not, how was it
> created?
>
> Thank you kindly,
> Ya'aqov Ziso, eResources-Serials, Rowan University
>
>
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We are a Voyager site, with the Journal title left anchored index in the
classic WebOPAC. As we migrate to VUfind, keenly interested in retaining the
journal title index, I see at:
NLA >> title/journal_newspaper
Villanova >> Journal title
I assume both were created by crossing the title index with (Leader/07 is
"s" OR 006/00 is "s") AND (008/21 is "p"+ Leader/06 is "a") AND
(Leader/07 is "s" and 008/21 is n). I have a couple of questions:
>> since the index relies on accurate MARC data in the Leader and 006/008 fixed
fields, was there any management needed for updating the MARC records before
indexing? if yes, which?
>> was the Villanova index created as a separate index, or is similar in essence
to the NLA principle (without the newspapers)? if not, how was it created?
Thank you kindly,
Ya¹aqov Ziso, eResources-Serials, Rowan University

If I understand correctly, the only way to import data in VUFind is to use
the MARC Import Tool from the command line (./import.sh records.marc). There
is no way to harvest records from an OAI server (or through Z39.50
protocol). To access the imported data, you can set up an OAI server, use
OpenSearch or Solr. But there is only one way to import data, no other mean
of harvesting records. Correct me if I am wrong.
Stamatis Rapanakis
From: Andrew Nagy [mailto:asnagy@...]
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 4:37 AM
To: srapanakis@...
Cc: vufind-general@...
Subject: Re: [VuFind-General] OAI definition
Stamatis - the OAI module in VuFind is not a harvester. The current
implementation is a server - so others can harvest your records. Im not
sure this is fully functional as there has been little interest behind this.
We do have an OAI importer on our todo list - but don't have one yet. If
you are interested in developing this feature - let me know.
Andrew
On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 5:30 PM, <srapanakis@...> wrote:
I would like to retrieve records from the above Geology Thesis collection:
Name: hdl_10090_39
Alt name:
Conn type: oai
Host: http://dspace.nitle.org/dspace-oai/request
User:
Pass:
Record schema: oai_dc
Definition:
Isword: 0
Url:
Mat type: Article
Virtual:
Vendor url: http://dspace.nitle.org/dspace/handle/10090/39
Bib attr:
Proxy: 1
Does anyone know how I should modify the OAI part of the config.ini file?
; OAI is Optional.
[OAI]
identifier = oai:myuniversity.identifier
Thank you in advance.
Stamatis Rapanakis
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Phil - Please record all bugs in JIRA linked from the vufind support page.
Anything that you want to fix yourself, assign the bug to yourself. If you
have any patches, feel free to submit them as well in JIRA.
RefWorks export is broken - I know some of the folks at Yale had a minor fix
for this
I believe there will be a database structure change from RC1 to RC2. I will
include a database update script in the release.
Andrew
On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 1:12 PM, Philip Shafer <shafer@...> wrote:
> It seems as if some of the vufind functionality is not working in RC1.
> Please advise the best solution to handling some of these issues:
>
> 1.) Submitting favorites doesn't seem to be completely implemented. I had
> to manually update the code in order to get this to work. Also, when
> tagging items when submitting a 'favorite' it doesn't like keep multiple
> tags, it will only take the first tag and add it to the database.
>
> When viewing 'My Favorites' I cannot use multiple filters from my tags.
>
> 2.) Export to RefWorks does not work. Does any one have any solutions?
>
> 3.) How will the update process work? We are looking at running a live
> beta of RC1, when RC2 or the Production version is release I don't want to
> loose any of the user data stored in the database. Are the table stuctures
> changing between any of the RC releases? If so, will these be a way to
> install the new versions with out loosing any of the user data?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Phil
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It seems as if some of the vufind functionality is not working in RC1.
Please advise the best solution to handling some of these issues:
1.) Submitting favorites doesn¹t seem to be completely implemented. I had
to manually update the code in order to get this to work. Also, when
tagging items when submitting a favorite¹ it doesn¹t like keep multiple
tags, it will only take the first tag and add it to the database.
When viewing My Favorites¹ I cannot use multiple filters from my tags.
2.) Export to RefWorks does not work. Does any one have any solutions?
3.) How will the update process work? We are looking at running a live
beta of RC1, when RC2 or the Production version is release I don¹t want to
loose any of the user data stored in the database. Are the table stuctures
changing between any of the RC releases? If so, will these be a way to
install the new versions with out loosing any of the user data?
Thanks,
Phil
------------------------------
Philip Shafer
Library System Services
Rowan University Library
201 Mullica Hill Rd
Glassboro, NJ 08028
856-256-4418
856-256-4924 Fax

vufind.org/about.php
Maybe I should move the list to the wiki so anyone can add( or remove) their
installation.
Andrew
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Barnett, Jeffrey
<jeffrey.barnett@...>wrote:
> Is there a list of current vufind installations and their status? I
> thought I remembered one in the past, but can't find one now.
>
> At Yale, we are using vufind-RC1 (rev 1139) in large scale beta. In the
> company of others we now download solrmarc directly from GoogleCode (rev
> 113).
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Is there a list of current vufind installations and their status? I thought I remembered one in the past, but can't find one now.
At Yale, we are using vufind-RC1 (rev 1139) in large scale beta. In the company of others we now download solrmarc directly from GoogleCode (rev 113).

Stematis - yes - our documentation has no begun to be changes to match the
latest official released version of VuFind - VuFind1.0RC1
I suggest you try VuFind with that version.
Also - we don't have a Greek translation - so if you would be interested in
translating the interface into greek - it would be much appreciated.
Good luck,
Andrew
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 4:16 AM, Stamatis Rapanakis <srapanakis@...>wrote:
> I am trying to install VuFind in CentOS 5.2. In the instructions (
> http://www.vufind.org/wiki/vufind_on_linux) it is mentioned that "*VuFind
> contains a file called vufind-httpd.conf be sure to copy or link this into
> your apache conf.d directory*." I cannot find such file in the
> vufind-0.8.2 folder. The only .conf file is *scripts.conf *in
> vufind-0.8.2\solr\conf folder, and it does not require modification. I guess
> that this refers to an older version and that it should be removed.
>
>
>
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I am trying to install VuFind in CentOS 5.2. In the instructions
(http://www.vufind.org/wiki/vufind_on_linux) it is mentioned that "VuFind
contains a file called vufind-httpd.conf be sure to copy or link this into
your apache conf.d directory." I cannot find such file in the vufind-0.8.2
folder. The only .conf file is scripts.conf in vufind-0.8.2\solr\conf
folder, and it does not require modification. I guess that this refers to an
older version and that it should be removed.
Stamatis Rapanakis

I was there and Vint Cerf really made a botch of the VuFind
announcement but even with the mangled attribution, it was a great
thing.
Congratulations on some well-deserved recognition.
-- Wally
Wally Grotophorst
Associate University Librarian
Digital Programs and Systems
University Libraries
George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia 22030
(703) 993-9005
On Dec 10, 2008, at 4:28 PM, Tim McGeary wrote:
> Congratulations, indeed!
>
> Tim
>
> Tim McGeary
> Senior Systems Specialist
> Lehigh University
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> Google Talk: timmcgeary
> Yahoo IM: timmcgeary
>
> Lovins, Daniel wrote:
>> Andrew,
>>
>> Congratulations on winning one of the awards.
>>
>> / Daniel
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>> ).
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>> http://www.waikato.ac.nz) for the development and release of Project
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>> ).
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